594 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGEBIB. [NoV. 6, 



JSTovember 6, 1894. 



Sir W. H. Flower, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretaiy read the following reports on the additions made 

 to the Society's "Menagerie during the months of June, July, August, 

 and September, lh94 : — 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Mena- 

 gerie during the month of June was 113, of which 17 were by 

 birth, 56 by presentation, 16 by purchase, 2 by exchange, and 

 22 were received on deposit. The total number of departures 

 during the same period, by death and removals, was 165. 



Amongst the principal additions wei-e the following : — 



1. Three remarkably large and fine specimens of tlie Hamadryad 

 Snake of India and Burmah {OpMopluuius elaps), received in 

 exchange and on deposit on the 6th and 8th June^ "We have 

 previously had but one example of this species in the Society's 

 Reptile-house (see P. Z. S. 1875, p. 316). 



2. A series of Mammals and Birds from British Central Africa, 

 presented by Mr. H. H. Johnston, C.B., F.Z.S., and carefully 

 brought home by Mr. Alexander Whyte, F.Z.S., the Naturalist on 

 his staff, on June 28th. 



It embraces examples of the following species : — 



English Name. 



Scientific Name. 



Locality. 



1 Black Mangabey. 



1 Yellow Baboon. 



1 Duyker Bok. 



1 Ethiopian Wart-Hog. 



1 Banded Ichneumon. 



1 Milky Eagle-Owl. 



1 Black-crested Eagle. 



2 Greeu-uecked Touracous. 

 2 Livingstone's Touracous. 

 1 Marabou Stork. 



1 Bell's Cinixys. 



Cercocebus aterrimus. 

 Cynocephalus hdbouin. 

 Ceplialophus mergens. 

 Fhacochcems cBthiopicus. 

 Herpestes fasciatus. 

 Bubo lacteus. 

 Lophoaetus occipitalis. 

 Gallircx chlorochlamys. 

 Tmacus livingstonii, 

 Leptoptilus crumeniferus. 

 Cinixys belliana. 



N. of Lake Tanganyika, 

 Shire Highlands. 

 Upper Shire. 

 Lake Mweru. 

 Shire Highlands. 

 Lower Shire. 

 Shire Highlands. 



Lower Shire. 

 Shire Highlands. 



As regards the fine Black Mangabey in Mr. Johnston's series, I 

 am unable to say w hile the animal is living whether it should be 

 referred to C. alhigena (Gray), C. aterrimus, Oud. (Zool. Gart. 

 xxxi. p. 267, 1890), or to a new species, but it certainly belongs to 

 this section of the genus, and is probably referable to C. aterrimus. 



^ See Sir Joseph Fayrer's letter in ' Nature,' June 21st, 1894. 



